Young and Edward A. Goldman, Stanley P.:The Wolves of North America First Edition by The American Wildlife Institute, Washington, DC: 1944. Very good+ in 3/4 bison leather and olive green cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and with a gilt image of a wolf&#39;s head on the front board. The front and rear end sheets have applied to them one page biographies of the two authors. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". The leather at the head and heel of the spine is rubbed and worn as is the front joint. The front and rear hinges remain tight and strong. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. A limited, presentation copy, one of only 102 copies so produced. The fly title page which is signed, inscribed and dated 1949 by the author to his good friend Dr. Bill Morgan (who was an author and linguist). In his long inscription the author notes that the binding for this particular volume is "buffalo hide" and he mentions the limitation which is not indicated elsewhere in the book. 636 pages including an index, a section of black and white photographs of skulls of North American Wolves, bibliography and text. Illustrated with maps and black and white photographs. An extremely unusual and uncommon copy.

Charles JacksonThe Lost Weekend New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1944. A &#39;cute&#39; inscription written by Charles Jackson that he signed as Don Burnam, the protoganist of the novel. The book is square and tight.. Inscribed By Charles Jackson. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Blyton, EnidTHE ISLAND OF ADVENTURE London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1944. 327 pages. B/w frontispiece and further illustrations throughout. Original dust jacket very good to near fine with some rubbing and general wear, professional and sensitive repair, with Japanese tissue, to the base of the spine, text to spine a little faded, the jacket is bright and clean, not price-clipped, now attractively presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard back pictorial binding fine and bright. Contents clean and tight, text block a little cocked, previous owner&#39;s signature to the front paste down, same owner&#39;s small stamp to the front endpaper and bottom edge of the title page, otherwise unmarked, no inscriptions, no foxing. A very good bright copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Tresilian, Stuart. 8vo.

Smith, Clark AshtonLost Worlds Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1944 - Classic collection of Smith's science fiction and fantasy, including tales of Averoigne, Hyperborea, Atlantis, and more. The companion to his 1942 Arkham House collection, Out of Space and Time. Clark's story, "The Plutonian Drug", first published in Amazing Stories in 1934, is notable for employing the name "plutonium" for an imaginary drug from Pluto of startling effects, several years in advance of the discovery of the radioactive element that now bears the name. Attractive copy of a cornerstone work First edition, one of 2043 copies printed. 8vo. . Black cloth. Some minor shelfwear, near fine in very good dust jacket illustrated with photos of Smith's sculpture by E. Burt Trimpey (unclipped, some rubbing to edges of front panel, spine panel with small scuffs at ends, yellowing at folds). Currey 2002 p. 368; Jaffrey, The Arkham House Companion 7; Tymn, Horror Literature 4-202 [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

CIOS: Combined Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee:Caproni-Campini Aircraft and Allied Developments in Italy. London: [August 1944]. Exceedingly scarce.. 10 x 7.5 inches, 25 x 18 cms. 80 pages of printed typewriter-face text, including 10 photographs and several plans (dated August 1944) of the original prototype Campini aircraft with a ducted airscrew or fan, and ducted exhaust, a forerunner of true jet propulsion. In virtually immaculate condition. Protected in a modern handmade archival cloth slipcase, leather label titled in gilt.An exceedingly scarce and important report on the Italian contribution to jet development during the war.Following the Normandy landings in 1944, combined American and British intelligence units (CIOS) working under SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters Allied European Forces) produced a series of surveys and reports on captured German industry and armament production as allied troops advanced across occupied Europe. Printed in small numbers for a restricted circulation, this military intelligence report, containing material unpublished elsewhere, seldom comes onto the market. (Price includes postage UK)

Churchill, Winston [British Main Line Railway Companies]A Message from the Prime Minister. GWR LMS 1923-1944 Lner Sr. [Original Poster] Jas Truscott & Sons LTD, London & Tonbridge - 1944, Original Poster. () Very good. 25" X 39.25" (63.5 X 100 cm). Creases vertically and horizontally from where it was folded into 16 as well as a general rippling. Slight soiling and wear along edges. Some dark pencil markings to the top left corner which have been partially erased. Nice condition. A visually strong poster with red, blue and white writing upon a light brown background. The message from the prime minister thanking the four British Main Line Railway companies for their work (especially that during the war) on the occassion of their 21st anniversary. Though he is not refered to by name on the poster Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister during this time and it is from him the gratitude is intended to come. The four railway companies included in the British Main Line Railway were the Great Western Railway (GWR), London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) and the Southern Railway (SR) [Attributes: Hard Cover]

VOS, HERMAN AHet ABC van het Naziregiem (Leuven, Brussels: A.N.U.M., 1944). 16mo. (14)pp. An illustrated anti-Nazi alphabet book in Dutch, filled with color caricatures of German soldiers and their leaders: Hitler, Goebbels, Himmler, and others. The book opens with a foreword by the author/illustrator, Dutch artist Herman A. Vos, decorated with the Allies&#39; flags. In illustrated wrappers, with a depiction of Nazi leaders in stocks on the front cover. Tiny hole to top of front cover, else fine.

Lathrop, DorothyKou Hsiung (Original Wood-Engraving, Signed) Woodcut Society, Alexandria, VA 1944 - Image measures: 6"H x 7"W, still in original folder, which is titled on the fround in red and black, opposite the wood-engraving is brief text written by Lathrop, describing the image. The image is of one of Lathrop's own little pekingese, surrounded by flowers and with a grasshopper in the foreground. A lovely image done with amazing and precise detail, as we would expect from Lathrop. This print was produced for the members of the Woodcut Society and is limited to 200 copies, signed by Lathrop beneath woodcut.

Forester, C. STHE BEDCHAMBER MYSTERY. Inscribed Toronto: S.J. Reginald Saunders, 1944 True First & Only Edition. 8vo. 70pp. A very good or better bright example in the publisher&#39;s original pictorial paper-covered-boards printed in gray & navy & lettered in blue at the spine - a small chip at the upper spine joint repaired, inscribed on the ffe by the author; "To Lucy Cundiff / with best wishes from / C. S. Forester". Very handsome indeed in a very good dustwrapper [published slightly oversized & almost always found worn] with matching cover illustration, showing moderate use - two small chips, narrow loss at the spine crown & upper cover without loss of lettering, neatly mended closed tear, rubbing at the extremities. Forester&#39;s only mystery & very uncommon inscribed. A very nice copy of a book that usually turns up in poor shape because publisher Saunders&#39; wartime production made use of rather cheap materials that had little staying power.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition.

Lovecraft, H. PBeyond the Wall of Sleep First edition 1st printing, Good to Very Good book and jacket. Book has light bumps all corners, edge wear that is most pronounced at bottom of spine with the gilt "House" of Arkham House worn away, dusting of top page edges and mild yellowing of page edges and paste downs and end pages, previous owner's gift inscription on front paste down "To --with love on St. Valentine's Day 1944 ---" book is tight and pages are bright. Jacket has old tape repairs all of bottom and top edges with half of tape strip inside and half outside, back panel moderately yellowed, wear with slight loss of color along creases of black front panel, about 3/4 inch of spine bottom missing affecting half of "House" and small chip missing top of spine, price of $5.00 is present. Book includes new facsimile dust jacket for display.

Phillips, Walter JBeaver Lodge [Original Colour Woodcut Print on Paper] 1944, 58/100. () Fine. 19 X 38 CM (7.5 X 15 inches) original colour woodcut print on paper. In 2 CM (0.75 inch) wooden conservation frame with peaked edge, inside painted white and only very slight wear. Off white acid free matting. In extremely good condition, with no fading or acid burn. Crisp, clear colours. Frame measures 34 X 50.75 CM (13.5 X 20 inches). Metal wire hanger across back. A pencil notation of the the name and limitation number is below the image to the left and across from this, to the bottom right of the image, is Phillips&#39; signature (also in pencil). With provenance at back showing it&#39;s past acquisition by the Canadian Art Gallery in Calgary, Alberta (1965. Boulet MBL237. Both the first and second editions consisted of 100. A very strong image depicting rich, rolling blue mountains and clear snowy ground beneath. The excellent quality of framing and pristine condition makes this print especially desirable. Walter Joseph Phillips (October 25, 1884 &#150; July 5, 1963) was an English-born Canadian painter and woodcutter, acclaimed as one of Canada&#39;s most famous printmakers and for popularizing the colour woodcut in the style of the Japanese. His artistic career spanned from the 1900s through the 1940s, during which time his work was exhibited throughout North America and Great Britain. In 1940 he was asked to become a resident artist at the Banff Centre, then known as the Banff School of Fine Arts, where he played an important role in the development of their visual arts program. Its Walter Phillips Gallery, which focuses on contemporary art, is named after him. The Glenbow Museum in Calgary, Alberta holds an extensive collection of Phillips works and a research archive..

Stapledon, OlafSirius: A Fantasy of Love and Discord (First Edition) London: Secker and Warburg, 1944. First Edition. First Edition. Near Fine in an exceptionally colorful, Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket shows none of the usual fading to the spine panel, only the lightest fray at the spine ends. A superior copy of this Stapledon high spot.

STAPLEDON, OLAFSIRIUS: A FANTASY OF LOVE AND DISCORD LONDON: SECKER & WARBURG. NEAR FINE IN VERY GOOD+ D.J.. PUB 1944. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. TAN CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH BLACK TITLES TO THE SPINE. BOOK IS FINEBUT FOR SOME MODEST FOXING TO THE SPINE. D.J. HAS SOME MODEST CHIPPING TOTHE ENDS OF THE SPINE PANEL WITH A FEW SHORT EDGE TEARS, A SMALL BIT OFCORNER WEAR, SOME VERY LIGHT SOIL TO THE REAR PANEL, FAINT EVIDENCE OF ADATE INSCRIBED ON THE FRONT PANEL, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A VERY NICECLEAN AND TIGHT COPY OF THIS SCARCE STAPLEDON FANTASY.. Keywords: FANTASY, SCIENCE FICTION, ABCDEF.

H.G. WellsThe Happy Turning UK: Heinemann. London, Heinemann, 1944 [1945]. Uncorrected proof in wraps. Very good condition with slight separation to the front crease and a delicate crease to the lower corner of the first leaf. Slight split to the spine. Signed [initialed] for the front cover with a sentence describing a few changes needed followed by their page numbers. The page numbers correspond to Wells&#39; hand-corrected changes throughout the text. A likely unique item. . Very Good. Paperback. Proof. 1945.

MAUGHAM, W. SomersetTHE RAZOR&#39;S EDGE Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Tight, clean copy with virtually none of the sunning and rubbing normally found to the spine. The black leather spine label is intact with strong gilt lettering. Near Fine, without the glassine or slipcase. The true First Edition published on 18 April 1944. The First American Trade Edition was published two days later, and the First English Edition was not published until July 1944. Number 89 of 750 numbered copies SIGNED on the limitation page by the author of this modern classic. Issued without a dustwrapper but with a slipcase, lacking here.

Maugham, W. SomersetThe Razor&#39;s Edge New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1944 "The Razor&#39;s Edge is an unusual amalgam-three-quarters witty socialcommentary about American and European society, one-quarter Easternphilosophy-bound together by Maugham&#39;s impeccable prose-almost as though Henry James and Hermann Hesse had collaborated" (Penguin). Preceded by a limited edition of only 750 copies. Owner signature on title page. Book fine. Rear panel of original dust jacket with chipping and closed tears to top margin. As a result of cheap wartime materials, this book is difficult to find in collectible condition. A nearly fine copy.

Maugham, SomersetThe Razor&#39;s Edge (First Edition) New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1944. First American Edition, following a signed limited edition of 750 by just two days, and preceding the UK edition by a month. Basis for two film versions, the first made in 1946 by Edmund Goulding and starring Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney, the second from 1984 starring Bill Murray and Theresa Russell.& & Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket has some professional restoration to the heel and lower rear panel, with a touch of rubbing to the front panel.

Maugham, W. SomersetThe Razor&#39;s Edge Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Company, 1944. First edition. Signed Limited edition, one of 750 numbered copies, this is copy 640. Octavo, orginal cloth. Top edge gilt. Some rubbing to the foot of the spine and light wear to the cloth. Without the slipcase. Written after much painstaking research into Eastern philosophy and mysticism, The Razor&#39;s Edge is Maugham&#39;s 20th-century manifesto for human fulfillment. In it he mercilessly satirizes American and European materialism, and holds up the figure of the spiritual seeker as a model for those searching for meaning in existence" (Stringer).

Abraham WaldOn Cumulative Sums of Random Variables" (Annals of Mathematical Statistics 15 No. 3 pp. 283 &#150; 296, September 1944) and "Sequential Tests of Statistical Hypotheses" (Annals of Mathematical Statistics 16 No. 2 pp. 117 -186, June 1945) WALD, Abraham. "On Cumulative Sums of Random Variables" (Annals of Mathematical Statistics 15 No. 3 pp. 283 &#150; 296, September 1944) and "Sequential Tests of Statistical Hypotheses" (Annals of Mathematical Statistics 16 No. 2 pp. 117 -186, June 1945).& & First editions in mint condition and in original wraps of Abraham Wald&#146;s seminal work on sequential tests of statistical hypotheses. Before Wald, the traditional style of statistical decision was to posit a hypothesis, make a predetermined number of measurements, then make a decision whether to accept or reject the hypothesis. Wald realized that this procedure is quite wasteful, and that many measurements could be saved if given the option to decide at every step whether to continue or stop the measurement process. &#147;According to Wald, the resulting &#145;sequential probability ratio test frequently results in a savings of about 50 percent in the number of observations over the most efficient test procedure based on a fixed number of observations&#148; (Gass, An Annotated Timeline of Operations Research, 65). In these papers Wald, known now as &#147;the father of sequential analysis and decision theory,&#148; first presents the theoretical foundations of the theory of sequential analysis. The ideas he put forth revolutionized the art of statistical testing and were later developed in the hands of computer scientists into a field known as on-line algorithms (Blom, Problems and Snapshots, 203). "Probability theory came of age with the advent of Kolmogorov&#39;s axiomatics in 1933 and the subsequent developments in limit theorems and stochastic processes. Statistical inference came of age with the advent of the Neyman-Pearson theory in 1933 and the subsequent formalization of hypothesis testing, estimation, and decision theory. In these papers, Wald elegantly unified two seemingly dissimilar areas: probability theory and statistical inference. To probabilists, he offered gems of new results in random walks, martingales, stochastic processes, and limit theorems. He also pointed out indirectly how one might seek probability questions from statistical inference, the use the latter area as a testing ground for their abstract theorems. To statisticians, Wald showed that statistical inference is not just the analysis or &#39;significance&#39; of an existing body of data; it also entails their entry into the very process of experimentation and continual analysis of the data as they come available. The sequential probability ratio test embodies this aspect. Wald also showed them how results from &#39;pure&#39; mathematics, particularly probability theory, can be adapted to put statistical inference, in general, on stronger footing without losing sight of its practical nature." (Kotz & Johnson: Breakthroughs in Statistics). Wald&#39;s work was conceived in 1943 at Columbia. Wald was asked by the Navy&#146;s Bureau of Ordnance if there was a sampling plan that could terminate a statistical experiment earlier than planned. Wald&#146;s theoretical results first appeared in September 1943, but in the form of a &#39;restricted&#39; report, meaning that the Defense Department considered the results significantly important for the war effort and, therefore, decided not to disseminate them to the general public for a while. The report was &#39;declassified&#39; in early 1945, thereby allowing the present paper to appear in June of that year. Interestingly enough, Wald had already (in his paper &#39;On Cumulative Sums of Random Variables&#39; from 1944 and also offered here), published many of the mathematical foundations of sequential procedures without any mention of the word sequential or any reference to his 1943 report, as the protocol called for. CONDITION & DETAILS: 4to. 10 X 7 inches (250 x 175mm). Each issue is bound in original blue wraps and is in mind condition in every way.& & &

(WORLD WAR II PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM KEPT BY AFRICAN-AMERICAN SAILOR)A World War II Photograph Album Kept By An African-American Coast Guardsman; It Shows Pacific Scenes, Including War Destruction, A Japanese Atrocity Of An American Soldier, The Landing In Borneo And Much More Photograph album. 1944-1945. No place [the Pacific Theater]. A World War II photograph album containing approximately 136 photographs related to the war. It was kept by an African-American Coast Guardsman named Laurence A. Wooby (1918-2013), who carved ?L A Wooby? on the front cover. The cover is made out of a dark brown material with a tropic scene engraved in it. There is a handwritten title page with ?USCG S. Pacific 1944 1945...and Home 11-7-45? with a long list of the places he traveled to during the war, such as Manila, Subic Bay, Hawaii, Guam and Tokyo. There are photographs Wooby took of the Philippines (Manila and Leyte) and Hawaii, a photograph of American troops landing on Luzon, Japanese foxholes, a battle scene entitled ?Hitting The Beach In Borneo?, a bloated, floating body with the caption ?Jap Atrocity, American Staked To Die On Beach of Balikpapan?, a nighttime image entitled ?V-J Day in a Pacific Harbor?, young ladies, the Japanese surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri, natives of the Pacific Islands (including one of some bare breasted women with the funny caption ?Natives Of New Guinea Display Their Lovely Eh ? Hands? and war destruction. There are also a couple photographs of Wooby himself and some African-American troops marching through Philadelphia. Some of the photographs were obviously taken by Wooby, but some were photographs distributed by press and/or government sources, such as the images of the Japanese surrender taken aboard the USS Missouri. Included with the album is a war-dated postcard Wooby sent to Rita Draina of Washington, DC. There are additional photographs of Wooby and his family well into the 1970s. There is the typical wear to the front cover but the photographs inside are generally in fine condition. In my two decades in this field, I have sold several World War II photography scrapbooks, but none that were ever kept by an African-American.

Blyton, EnidTHE ISLAND OF ADVENTURE Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1944. 1st edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Good. Illustrated by Tresilian, Stuart. Slightly better than very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Cream pictorial cloth. The first book in the "Adventure" series. 326 pages. B/w illustrations. Light bumping to corners and top and tail of spine. A few small marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges and a few brown/yellowing marks to some page margins. Pictorial wrapper is price-cut, edge-torn and chipped with some tape repairs to verso. Roughly 1" piece of loss to top of spine; piece missing from both bottom corners of front panel. Large tear down spine and across about 1/4 to front of wrapper. A few foxspots and light marks to wrapper. Still a lovely copy, in a little tatty wrapper of this 1st edition! [R]

MALLALIEU (J.P.W)Very Ordinary Seaman. IN FULL MOROCCO Gollancz 1944 - 8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in navy blue full morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Fictionalised but accurate account of the author's five months in a destroyer on the Murmansk run. Generally considered one of the finest accounts of life at sea; certainly a minor classic of WWII. A lovely copy of the scarce original edition. Law, 1062. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Rand, AynThe Fountainhead Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1944. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. Signed Copy. 12th edition in dust jacket. Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, (September, 1944). 12th edition so stated on the copyright page. Signed and inscribed on the first free endpaper: To Laura B. Scott-Cordially-Ayn Rand/December 16, 1944. Dust jacket is in very good condition, wear and chip to bottom of the spine, chip in front middle affecting the R and A in Rand, wear to the top of the spine, tear at top rear middle with tape residue, no loss. Else a complete jacket. Second issue jacket with 3 blurbs and picture on the back. Dust jacket is not price clipped with a price of $3.00. Binding is in near fine condition. 754 pages. Clean contents. Protected by Mylar. A nice copy of a scarce book. Inventory #12-188. Price: $3500.. Signed by Author(s). 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.

HAYEK, Friedrich AThe Road to Serfdom London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd., , 1944. Octavo (215 × 135 mm). Original black cloth, titles to spine gilt. Head and tail of spine a little frayed, small scratch to front board, a little foxing to the front free endpaper, internally an excellent copy. First edition, first impression, of Hayek&#39;s classic polemic against centralization and collectivism, among the most influential and popular expositions of classical liberalism and libertarianism.

Fuller, R. (Richard) Buckminster, b. 1895. Mace, Margaret. Lacey, Cynthia. Hoffman, Carl. Peebles, Truman. McSweeney, J.Fluid Geography American Neptune Inc., Salem, Mass. [Southworth-Anthoensen Press, Portland], 1944. Article in 'The American Neptune', April 1944 (Vol. IV, No. 2), pp. 119-136, with folding plate 50 x 63 cm. 'World Map On Dymaxion Projection. By Richard Buckminster Fuller and Margaret Mace, A.M., Associate. Assisted by: Cynthia Lacey, Carl O. Hoffman, Truman F. Peebles, James McSweeney.' 'The map opposite page 120, which is the primary exhibit of this article, was invented for this purpose ['as a precise means for seeing the world from the dynamic, cosmic, and comprehensive viewpoint'], and while it is certain to be bettered by subsequent inventions, it is for the moment the most reliable comprehensive projection, in that it describes the earth's surface with the minimum total score of distortions from the many well-known geometrical processes inherent in translation of the angle and scale information from a spherical to a flat surface.' This is the stated 'First edition published by The American Neptune', but according to his footnote in this article it is Fuller's fourth attempt at a comprehensive world map. Stock#OB410.